Hacker News with Generative AI: Solar Power

Cheap solar panels are changing the world (theatlantic.com)
“This is unstoppable.”
China Adds 160 Gigawatts in First 3 Quarters of 2024 (cleantechnica.com)
It’s truly impossible to comprehend the scale of solar power deployment in China these days. When I saw how much solar power China had installed in the first 9 months of the year, I thought I must be reading something wrong. I checked a few times. But, indeed, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) reports that a shocking 160 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power capacity were added in the first three quarters of the year. 160 GW.
China Adds 160 Gigawatts in First 3 Quarters of 2024 – CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)
It’s truly impossible to comprehend the scale of solar power deployment in China these days. When I saw how much solar power China had installed in the first 9 months of the year, I thought I must be reading something wrong. I checked a few times. But, indeed, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) reports that a shocking 160 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power capacity were added in the first three quarters of the year. 160 GW.
All the electricity you'll need for 40 years (innerpathing.com)
We (well, my partner Jesse) bought a pallet of solar panels. Guaranteed to still have 90% of their capacity in 40 years1, they’ll cover all our household energy needs—powering our kitchen, heating our water, charging our electric car2—for the rest of our lives.
Cheap Solar Panels Are Changing the World (theatlantic.com)
“This is unstoppable.”
My solar-powered and self-hosted website (dri.es)
I'm excited to share an experiment I've been working on: a solar-powered, self-hosted website running on a Raspberry Pi. The website at https://solar.dri.es is powered entirely by a solar panel and battery on our roof deck in Boston.
Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels (grist.org)
Matthias Weyland loves having people ask about his balcony. A pair of solar panels hang from the railing, casting a sheen of dark blue against the red brick of his apartment building. They’re connected to a microinverter plugged into a wall outlet and feed electricity directly into his home. On a sunny day, he’ll produce enough power to supply up to half of his family’s daily needs.
Enel is deploying 6k sheep to 8 Texas solar farms (electrek.co)
Australia to build the largest solar power plant (news.az)
Why you should stop using your solar-powered power bank (zdnet.com)
Ask HN: What are some good longform newsletters about solar power? (ycombinator.com)
Italy's Sun Motorway (2021) (domusweb.it)
High-altitude floating PV has energy payback time of 2.8 years (pv-magazine.com)
China Building Twice as Much Wind and Solar as Rest of World Combined (e360.yale.edu)
Another Win for Solar Power Windows, Another Headache for Fossil Fuels (cleantechnica.com)
Solar Power's Giants Are Providing More Energy Than Big Oil (bloomberg.com)
US hits 180 GW of solar power (freethink.com)
The largest solar farm just came online in China (electrek.co)
Germany solar power output jumps to record highs (reuters.com)
Solar power is changing life deep in the Amazon (washingtonpost.com)
Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025 (space.com)
Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backup build for renters (sunboxlabs.com)